view outside the train station, one of stalin's skyscrapers
cathedral of christ the savior (during soviet times this site was supposed to become a monument to lenin, but then was used for a huge outdoor swimming pool heated even in winter and this cathedral was only rebuilt and finished in 2004)
novedichy convent (new maiden convent) sophia, the half sister of peter the great was forced to live here and all of her people were murdered by peter.
view of the city
st. basil's cathedral
inside red square
the clock tower
walls of kremlin and history of russia museum at the end
red square
alba from spain, me, david from spain
in the subway!
javi and jorge from spain
government building inside the kremlin... on one historic day here it was decided to move stalin's tomb to behind lenin's masoleum and test a 50 megaton nuclear bomb
our tour guide showing us napolean's captured cannons
the largest cannon in the world, never fired
inside the kremlin
largest bell in the world which never rang (it broke in a fire before the decoration was finished, but it was finished being cast)
church of the deposition of the virgin's robes (coronation church)
ivan the great bell tower, the exact center of moscow "represents a burning candle"
kremlin wall
building has two different facades on left and right... stalin signed over the line okaying the design not realizing they were two different proposals, but no one wanted to ask so it was built assymetrically
inside the g.u.m (government owned department store)
the hostel where we stayed
the train station, see lenin's head
in novedichy cemetary (the man buried here was one of stalin's helpers and his task was to go through lists of names and choose who would be executed...every third name)
our bus
fallen idols park
sculpture dedicated to people of gulag
monument to peter the great (formerly of christopher columbus to the US)
ministry of foreign affairs...another of stalin's towers
the bolshoi ballet!
st. petersburg! anais from france
st. peter and paul fortress
susanna from germany and alba from spain
inside the church
the tomb of the family of nicholas the II
cruiser aurora which fired the blank shot on the winter palace signaling the beginning of the revolution
church of the spilled blood
russian subway
russian dinner party... tasty borscht and pickled herring, mayonnaise and beet salad...not my favorite but i ate half!
our tour guides explaining how to take a shot of vodka russian style
martina from italy
our entertainment
main dish
catherine's palace (named after catherine I, the wife of peter the great, but was rebuilt by her daugher elizabeth and then lived in by catherine II (catherine the great) after)
carved wood with gold leaf in russian baroque style
on our way to the russian museum, it snowed! yay!
making silly faces on the canal cruise
emilien from france
the two headed eagle symbol of russian empire
